Oh precious baby of mine, if I could only keep you little. We had just come home from our lunch date and you didn’t fall asleep in the car like you normally do. I thought maybe you weren’t actually tired but it was your normal nap time so I figured… View Post
How I dropped the baby weight
With the new year rolling in and resolutions being made I thought I’d talk about my 2014 New Years resolution- to drop the baby weight! That was my main goal for 2014. Raley was already 3 months old and I was still holding on to 20 pounds above my pre-pregnancy… View Post
How to make a tree topper bow…and a few decorations
I am going to show you how to make a tree topper out of ribbon! This year we got a new tree…it was actually given to us by David’s parents because they decided to get a real tree this year. This tree is much bigger than our tree from last… View Post
A New Christmas Tradition
Every family has their own Christmas traditions. They are what make Christmas special and what bring you together as a family. They are what you look forward to every year even when you are all grown up and have kids of your own. My parents always let us open 1 present… View Post
Wizard of Oz 1st Birthday Party – Decorations
I began thinking about the theme of my baby’s 1st birthday party before she was born. Well, I ultimately decided on a Wizard of Oz birthday party. It’s my all time favorite movie and there are so many fun ways you can go with this theme. (You can read a… View Post
Wizard of Oz 1st Birthday Party: Food
I figured I’d do a separate page for food…the decorations page was long enough! I wanted to do some foods that were easy to make while serving a few things that are toddler appropriate since all the munchkins were 2 or under. I ordered the food labels from Captured by… View Post
Wizard of Oz 1st Birthday Party: Fun (and Raley’s 12 month pics)
For some reason sweet girl wasn’t her normal super smiley self that day but she still seemed to have a blast. She loved running around in the backyard with her friends and smashing into her cake! Thank you to everyone who came and helped celebrate her first birthday! I hope… View Post
Top 8 proud mommy moments
Every day you learn or do something new and I am amazed every time at how quickly you catch onto things. And every time I say “Good job! You’re such a smart girl!” Because you are! These are the top moments of this past year that made my heart swell… View Post